Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em: Conclave 'Like No Other' Begins

<![CDATA['Like no other'? A few media outlets have made that argument today, but it's actually much more of a conclave like most of the others. The true anomaly came in 2013 when the conclave took place under the nominal guidance of a living pope, after Benedict XVI unexpectedly took the first papal retirement in 600 years. This time, the conclave follows the much more traditional pattern of a true sede vacante status in the Holy See.]]>